Improvement in harvesters



J'. H. ELWARD.

HARVESTER.

Patented April 4, 1876.

N.PEYHS. PHOTO-UTHOGRAPNER; WQSNINGTON D c .arnivr rrron.

JOHN H. ELWARD, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

IMPROVEMENT IN HARVESTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 175,681, dated April 4,1876; application filed May 27, 1e75,.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN ELELWARD, of St. Paul, county of Ramsey, Stateof Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Improve ment inHarvesting-Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing, makingpart of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view ofa harvester with my improvements applied, and Fig. 2 is a plan or topview of the same.

Similar letters of reference denote corresponding parts in both figures.

My invention consists in a novel arrangement of binders stands and tablerelatively to the maimframe elevator and grain-receptacle, whereby themachine is brought into a more compact form transversely, and the weightof the binders is brought nearer to the vertical plane of thedrive-wheel, rendering it less liable to tilt the machine on unevenground. It further consists in certain details of construction andarrangement hereinafter explained.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the main frame surroundingthe drivingwheel, B the platform-frame, and (J the elevator-frame, allof any usual or preferred construction. To the outer or stubble side ofthe main frame is hinged a rectangular frame, D, projecting in front andrear of the main frame, and with its projecting ends provided each witha flooring, D forming a binders stand, and between these stands, at theouter side of the main frame, the frame D has a canvas flooring, Dattached, which, in connection with the side and end bars of said frame,forms a receptacle for short heads and shattered grain. At a suitableheight above the main frame and binders stands D the elevator-frame hashorizontal transverse bars a rigidly connected with it, in front'andrear, the inner ends of which support the drivers seat plank overhangingthe elevator, and to the outer ends of' these bars a are pivoted bars a,the inner ends of which rest underneath brackets b, which prevent thebars a from dropping below a position parallel with the bars a, whileleaving their outer ends free to be raised up for bringing the bars a.intoa vertical position when desired. Rods or links 61 suspend the outerside of the frame D from these bars a, and both the bars a and the frameD being hinged or pivoted as described, they can be folded up togetherat the side of the machine. To the bars a, in front and rear, arerigidly secured angular guards or rails E, conforming in outline to theprojecting ends of the frame D, carrying the binders stands D andforming a lateral support to the binders. To the bars a, in the samelongitudinal plane with the guards E, is secured the binders table F,located between the binders, and in the same longitudinal plane, andoutside of the table F, is the dumping-tray or bundle-- carrier G,pivoted in the outer ends of the bars a. To a shield, H, covering theouter face of the drive-wheel and forming the chute over which the graindescends,'ispivoted a horizontal bar or rock-shaft, I, arranged about inthe same horizontal plane with table F, and provided with a series oftransverse fingers, i, forming the binders grain-receptacle, the outerend of said fingers, when the machine is at work, overhanging andresting upon the inner side of the table F. By this arrangement theshattered grain is permitted to escape, between the shield H and tableF, into the receptacle D while the pivoting of the rod I permits thefingers i to be folded up when the frame D and the bars a, with thetable F and the tray G, are folded up for any purpose, as described. Thebinders stands or supports are brought also in front and rear of thegrain-receptable and binders table, and greater freedom of lateralmovement to the binders is provided for, so that the binders can move inor out upon the stands D, for preventing the tilting of the machine onthe drive-wheel on side-hill or uneven ground, or for facilitating thelabor of binding.

The gearing of the machine may have any usual arrangement, except thatin practice the pinion on the secondary or bevel-wheel shaft will beconnected with said shaft by a backingratchet, and will also be adapted,when the machine is not at work, to be thrown out of gear with thedrive-wheel, and upon this secondary shaft, thus adapted to be thrownout of gear for stopping the action of the cutters, I place aband-pulley, J, from which by a crossed belt, J, motion is communicatedeither directly to the reel-shaft K, or indirectly through a doublepulley, 70, as the relation of the secondary shaft to the reel mayrequire. By this arrangement the reel will be thrown out of actionwherever the cutters are. The reel itself with its supports, togetherwith other parts of the machine not particularly 6 escribed, may be ofany usual construct-ion.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as'new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The binders table F, arranged outside of the elevator and drive-Wheeland closing the space intermediate between the binders stands, locatedone in front and the other in rear of said table, as described.

2. The binders grain-receptacle and binders table, arranged in thedescribed relation to each other and to the driving-wheel and elevator,in combination with the binders stands D D, arranged in front and rearof said receptacle and table, as described.

3. The binders stands D D, arranged in front and in rear of the binderstable, as described, in combination with the receptacle D for theshattered grain, intermediate between said stands and underneath thebinders table, as shown and described.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of May,A. D. 1875.

JOHN H. ELWARD.

Witnesses:

WM. J. DEAN, R. O. MOORE.

